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Douglas A. Bernstein is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, where he served for many years as director of the introductory psychology program. He is currently affiliated as Courtesy Professor of Psychology at The University of South Florida, and a Visiting Professor of Psychology at The University of Southampton in the UK. Dr. Bernstein chairs the Program Committee of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP), and is the Founder of the American Psychological Society's Preconference Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. In 2002 he received the American Psychological Foundation's award for Distinguished Teaching in Psychology.

Alison Clarke-Stewart is Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior and Associate Dean of Research at the University of California, Irvine.

Louis Penner is a social psychologist, formerly at The University of South Florida and now at Wayne State University as a member of the Center for Communication and Behavioral Oncology at the Karmanos Cancer Institute. He also has an adjunct appointment at The Institute for Social Research at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Introducing Psychology

The World of Psychology

An Overview Approaches to the Science of Psychology

Human Diversity and Psychology

Research in Psychology Thinking Critically

About Psychology (or Anything Else)

Research Methods in Psychology Statistical

Analysis of Research Results

Ethical Guidelines for Psychologists

Biological Aspects of Psychology

The Nervous System

The Peripheral Nervous System

Keeping in Touch with the World

The Central Nervous System

Making Sense of the World

The Chemistry of Psychology

The Endocrine System: Coordinating the Internal World

The Immune System: Defending the Body

Sensation Sensory Systems

The Problem of Coding Hearing Vision

The Chemical Senses

Smell and Taste Somatic Senses and the Vestibular System

Perception

The Perception Paradox

Three Approaches to Perception Psychophysics

Organizing the Perceptual World

Recognizing the Perceptual World Attention

Applications of Research on Perception

Learning Learning

About Stimuli Classical Conditioning

Learning Signals and Associations

Operant Conditioning: Learning the Consequences of Behavior

Cognitive Processes in Learning

Using Research on Learning to Help People Learn

Memory

The Nature of Memory Storing New

Memories Retrieving

Memories Forgetting Biological

Bases of Memory Applications of Memory Research

Cognition and Language Basic

Functions of Thought Mental Representations

The Ingredients of Thought

Thinking Strategies Problem

Solving Decision Making Language

Consciousness Analyzing Consciousness

Sleeping and Dreaming

Hypnosis Psychoactive Drugs

Cognitive Abilities

Testing for Intelligence

Measuring the Quality of Tests Evaluating

Intelligence Tests Understanding

Intelligence Diversity in Cognitive Abilities

Motivation and Emotion

Concepts and Theories of Motivation

Hunger and Eating Sexual

Behavior Achievement

Motivation Relations and Conflicts

Among Motives

The Nature of Emotion

Theories of Emotion

Communicating Emotion

Human Development Exploring

Human Development Beginnings

Infancy and Childhood

Cognitive Development Infancy and Childhood

Social and Emotional

Development Adolescence Adulthood

Health, Stress, and Coping Health

Psychology Stress and Stressors Stress

Responses Stress Mediators

Interactions Between People and Stressors

The Physiology and Psychology of Health and Illness

Promoting Healthy Behavior

Personality

The Psychodynamic Approach

The Trait Approach

The Social-Cognitive Approach

The Humanistic Approach

Assessing Personality

Psychological Disorders

Defining Psychological Disorders

Explaining Psychological Disorders

Classifying Psychological Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Somatoform Disorders

Dissociative Disorders

Mood Disorders

Schizophrenia Personality Disorders

A Sampling of Other Psychological Disorders

Mental Illness and the Law

Treatment of Psychological

Disorders Basic Features of Treatment

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Humanistic

Psychotherapy Behavior

Therapy Group, Family, and Couples

Therapy Evaluating Psychotherapy

Choosing a Therapist

Cultural Factors in Psychotherapy

Biological Treatments Community

Psychology: From Treatment to Prevention

Social Cognition Social

Influences on the Self Social

Perception Attitudes Prejudice and Stereotypes

Interpersonal Attraction

Social Influence Social Influence

Conformity and Compliance

Obedience Aggression Altruism and Helping

Behavior Cooperation, Competition, and Conflict

Group Processes

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